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[Nothing could possibly go wrong!

The D-board... sliiides a little in the opposite direction, curving up behind him in response to the change in weight. Would he like to dive into the floor, Y/N?]

[He slides impressively into the floor with a thud!]

Ow!

[And she bursts immediately into giggles. The board rolls a little with her laughter, probably poking Nanashi while it’s at it.]

Haha, that’s still a little better than some people’s first time on it, but then again, you’re not even riding the Data Storm yet. It needs a lot more practice.

[He is thus poked.]

Maybe I'm just a natural failure?

[He doesn't seem too upset as he sits himself up, at least.]

... Are you the type of person who gives up before really trying? Because you don’t want to fail.

[Is she being too blunt. It’s spoken in a light tone, at least, as she gets up to right the board in case he wants to try again regardless.]

You can try again. If you want.

Not always! When it comes to games, I'll stay up however many nights I have to until I win!!

[That's not exactly something to be proud of, though... still, he gets up and carefully tries climbing up for attempt 2!]

Hmm, technically this is a game, but I can't exactly let you hog my board all the time.

[The board obligingly lowers itself for him to clamber on while she keeps talking.]

Buuut maybe if you help me with some things, I'll let you ride it more.

Hm? Like what kinds of things?

[No leaning this time! He just wants to make sure he can stand on it first.]

[It doesn't wobble! Since like she said, there's no Data Storm or all that many drafts in here, it stays perfectly stable beneath him.]

There you go. Just practice controlling your movements. [she's walking around him now like some kind of schoolteacher] And I just wanted... to see if there was some way to probe their network and the tablets and whatever else for information and other things. I'm mostly good at working with electronics, but I'm not as good as my brother. The more of us there are, the more chances we have to find something useful.

We could do it manually, but... I wonder if we could make a program do it for us.

[Yoshi

That would be a virus.

Not that it matters right now because he's carefully putting a bit more weight on the right now!]

That's true. I was thinking of checking it out manually first, but we'll definitely need a program if they're as good as I think they are.

[Viruses are great! Viruses are great little friends to send on field trips!

Anyway, the D-board cuuurves gently over to the left, letting him make a little loop towards the right.]

I'll see if I can make something to send in.

[He says it so nonchalantly... and applies more pressure to the left this time.

I'll work on it too. I'm still learning, but...

[She'll do her best. She's been observing and growing up alongside pros, after all. She's somewhere between a novice and a genius, just vaguely floating along and making progress when she can tear herself from her other responsibilities.

Also, she doesn't even blink an eye about the virus stuff, okay, did we mention her brother was a hacker. And her mentor. And literally everyone she's been hanging out with for her entire canon.

The D-board sways over to the right obligingly! There's a wee little wobble, just for a smidge more challenge.]

[Let's tryyy slowly boarding around the room then!]

For me, all I have to do is follow the instructions like 1, 2, 3!

[Is he staying low to the ground? Probably the higher he goes, the harder it is to keep completely steady, but since he's all slow-like, he might be able to make the circuit!]

The instructions? [a beat] Oh, like the numbers that you see? Those are instructions?

They can be!

[This is the slowest circuit ever but he's having fun.]

That sounds pretty convenient, like having a manual that you can just pull out no matter what something is or how complicated it is... or how secret it is...

[The hacker's ideal?! She's not even a dedicated hacker and she's like. Whoa.

In the meantime, she's going to turn with him as he makes the circuit and then gently clap when he completes it.]

There you go. You're getting better at that little by little.

Pretty much! It makes creating apps super easy!

[Yaaaaaay he did it!]

Now I just need to learn how to do it at high speeds!

I'm not sure how fast you want to go, especially in here. We probably want to keep your room in one piece.

[But she might let him try it outside, if they get that far -- or if something else happens such as the sudden existence of Duel Monsters to trip her Extra switch. Accept my foreshadowing.]

Anyway, how much does that let your apps interface with the environment? I'm going to guess that this place isn't nearly as hooked in to its network as it should be, but...

[Could they write a program to open doors and shit, there are possibilities here.]

Can I try it again outside sometime?

[But not like actually outside. Just the lobby!]

Hmm... I haven't checked! I'd have to see if anything's hooked up to the network. It seems like this building's pretty old fashioned, though.

[The keys, for example...]

Maybe we can try it around the resort, or by the bunny hill.

[She's totally interpreting it as outside-outside, because they don't want him crashing into chandeliers or people's heads, either.]

And yeah, I think a lot of it is analog -- but I was talking to Snake-san, and there has to be some way they're tracking us, right? That's how these things work.

[That's how you get kidnapped and experimented on or something.]

Er- don't you think we should take baby steps first?

[PLEASE DON'T MAKE HIM FACE THE OUTDOORS AGAIN SO SOON, HE HAS A SHUT-IN'S PRIDE TO THINK ABOUT.]

Tracking? Like some kind of chip or implant?

The bunny hill is a baby step, I thought.

[She's like, an unofficial shut-in but in this form? She will go fight the elements for card games. RIP Nanashi.]

And I mean, even without chipping us -- ew -- there has to be some kind of surveillance. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to make us play this game.

More baby step! Think, like... super tiny baby steps!!

[Please, he'll die.]

Chips are probably the most likely though, right? I haven't noticed any cameras.

... The courtyard?

[That's like, sort of outdoorsy but fake outdoors?

At the very least they won't be a hazard to the furniture or the lighting out there. Still cold, though. Bunny would have to bundle up. Try not to shrivel up and die anytime soon.]

Ugh. Would any of us be able to tell if there was a chip or something? Would you?

[MATH EYES???]

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